Antarctica

The vast, turbulent Southern Ocean circling Antarctica has an unexpected claim to fame: It’s one of the planet’s most important natural climate tools. Like all the world’s oceans, it draws carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and into the water. But the Southern Ocean is a special case; it stores…

Home News During totality, which lasted about 1 minute and 54 seconds, moon's shadow blocked the sun's rays. (Image credit: Andrew Studer) On Dec. 4, 2021, a total solar eclipse dazzled a few thousand lucky people in Antarctica and countless penguins, who got to witness nearly two minutes of totality…

Home News Skywatching Editor's note: The only total solar eclipse of 2021 occurred Saturday, Dec. 4, over Antarctica, where few people could see it. Some intrepid explorers, like our columnist Joe Rao, attempted to see the eclipse from cruise ships near Antarctica. Here's what Joe and his ship saw. FROM…

Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A total solar eclipse darkened the skies over Western Antarctica Saturday, interrupting the continent's months-long period of constant daylight. NASA shared video on YouTube showing the eclipse as observed by members of the JM Pasachoff Antarctic Expedition. The eclipse, caused by the moon moving between the…

SANTIAGO: A total solar eclipse plunged Antarctica from summer into darkness early Saturday in a rare astronomical spectacle witnessed by a handful of scientists and thrill-seekers -- and countless penguins. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd...Read More

Home News (Image credit: Raimund Linke/Getty Images) Anyone in Antarctica today would have experienced the only total solar eclipse of the year, suggesting one of the largest groups of individuals to observe the gorgeous show would have been the southern continent's penguins. And that's a huge population of spectators. During…

Home News Skywatching The only total solar eclipse of 2021 took place under especially isolated circumstances today, sweeping over sparsely populated Antarctica and surrounding areas to create a spectacular sight visible to only a few dedicated eclipse chasers in its path. The partial phase of the solar eclipse began Saturday…

Every filmmaker has a dream project that seems to stall in development for long periods. For Guillermo del Toro, that has been his long-gestating adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s famed novella “At the Mountains of Madness”. For more than a decade the Oscar-winning filmmaker struggled to get the Antarctica-set project going, at…

For Mandie Adams, the total solar eclipse on Dec. 4 will be the 12th one she’s seen. It will also be the 12th for her teddy bear, Dinky Doo. Seeing it won’t be easy. The eclipse will be visible only on a sliver of Earth in Antarctica, the South Orkney…

On a volcanic rock just off the coast of Antarctica, McMurdo Station is abuzz with scientific research this time of year. Run by the US National Science Foundation, the station sees up to 1,000 visitors in the Antarctic summer from October to February, who travel here to conduct research on…